Although I do not like to admit it, a true Gemini, but somewhat more introspective.
Как вы бы описали своего идеального партнера?
Intelligent, independent at times, close at times. A happy person. An optimist. Cute, but that does not mean she must be young. I want to smile when I see her.
Если бы через тридцать дней настал бы конец света, чтобы вы делали?
I would take 1 mln of those spare 10 mln, and give the other 9 to 9 different friends to spend as they liked. I would go to be with my son.
Если бы у вас было бы лишних 10 миллионов долларов, чтобы вы сделали?
Give most (not all!) to Universities.
Как часто и с кем вы советуетесь?
I rarely ask, but am willing to listen to suggestions and honestly consider them.
Какое качество вы особенно цените в лицах своего пола?
A natural friendliness.
Какое качество вы особенно цените в лицах противоположного пола?
The willingness to communicate. To look beyond themselves. To search for meaning. Positivity. Friendliness.
Недавнее крупное событие вашей жизни?
A nearby event that is quite prominent, is that I will be retiring from work in two years. I do not have to retire, but that is where the last great adventures begin.
Главный совет, который вы дадите своим детям?
Everything Polonius said to Laertes, especially "This above all: to thine own self be true."
Что вас больше всего потрясло в жизни?
Something I did long ago (before it was illegal).
Последние книги которые вы прочитали?
"Tristes Tropiques" by Levi-Strauss. "Child of God" by Cormac McCarthy. "The Ramayana" - a seminal work of the Hindu culture.
Ваши цели сейчас?
To enter that "brave new world" that lies ahead. (A line from Shakespeare's "The Tempest", then a book by Aldous Huxley.)
Кем вы восхищаетесь?
The great writers and artists of every culture. "Russian" authors I have read include Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Checkov, Gogol, Solzhenitsyn, and a few others (in translation). Russian artists I quite like include Levitan, Aivazovsky, Serov, and Kramskoi. More recently: Gor and Smertin. I am also a fan of Sergei Eisenstein. That march down the steps at Odessa in "Potempkin" was an inventive and stunning piece of work.
Много ли у вас друзей?
I have a lot of friends at a superficial level, but only a few go deeper.
Какие качества вы особенно не любите в лицах своего пола?
Violence, stupidity.
Какие качества вы особенно не любите в лицах противоположного пола?
Vanity, neediness, clinging, pessimism.
Что бы я хотел изменить в себе?
I keep changing myself all the time.
Мои недостатки
I can become withdrawn when I am immersed in a project. I am too shy. (I am forcing myself to describe myself honestly. Otherwise I would hide all of these interests and pursuits.)
Мои достоинства
I am well educated, have a very good sense of humor, and I am a good conversationalist. I show sympathy and understanding (to a fault), as long as people do not continuously pester me for it. I am creative.
Как меня видят мои друзья?
Clever, intelligent, experienced, funny (most of the time), but sometimes depressed.
Как меня видят просто знакомые?
Clever, intelligent, funny
Мои любимые игры
I do not play many games. I like some card games like Bridge and Whist, but I do not like to play for money. Just to win or lose. Sometimes when I am stuck at my computer writing and working, I like to take a break with computer versions of Mahjongg.
Мои любимые писатели и поэты
It would be unfair of me to list writers, I would have to leave too many out.
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Poetry is language dependent. It does not translate well, too much is lost, so my favorite poets (because they wrote my favorite poems) all wrote in English. There are a few I will mention. T. S. Eliot ("The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock" is my favorite poem of all time, but more about that later), Robert Frost, William Blake, Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath, Samuel Coleridge, e.e. cummings, Erica Jong... The list goes on...
Моя любимая музыка
Classical and World music.
Моя любимая еда
Everything. Expecially "different" things.
Мои любимые фильмы
Too many, because I don't like just one thing about films. My friends always find it strange when I say that I really like the film "Terminator". I like it because it is a fascinating allegory on the relentless pursuit of death
Мои любимые сказки
My favorite fairy tale is the one told in del Toro's film "El laberinto del fauno". Dark and Beautiful.
Мое любимое занятие
Drawing and writing.
Работа, о которой я мечтаю
The one I have now, that is just about completed.
Партнер, о котором я мечтаю
She wil read what I have said here, and know what it is to be such a person.
Место, где я хочу жить
I have been to a lot of places in the world, and liked most of them. There are a lot of possibilities.